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Articulating your expectations for employees from the get-go will improve communication and raise employee performance levels. Five simple strategies will go a long way to ensure everyone is on the same page.

The Santa Cruz, Calif., boardwalk resembles a ghost town each winter. Whiting’s Foods, which operates most of the boardwalk’s foodservice operations, employs a mere 40 team members to keep operations going on weekends. Come summer’s peak, the boardwalk bustles, and the number of employees catapults to 400.

The host is the first person customers meet and the last person they’ll cross paths with before heading off. Hosts play a major role in establishing a friendly atmosphere at your restaurant — one that will entice the customer to return repeatedly.